First-time feature writer-director Jake Paltrow's tale of the real and imaginary lives of a one-time rock musician reduced to writing jingles that "sound like
Cheers" fails dismally as comedy, which is apparently what it's meant to be.
Once upon a time, British-born keyboard player Gary (Martin Freeman) had some small and fleeting success with an album called "On the One." Now he's in his early thirties and having a premature midlife crisis: He lives in a depressing New York apartment, is trapped in a dying relationship with girlfriend Dora (an aggressively drabbed-down Gwyneth Paltrow, the filmmaker's sister) and writes soulless music for TV commerci...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
93 mins